Alison Chambers, said on social media: "Kirklees' new recycling initiative: take your green bin away so you can't recycle so it all goes in grey bin. Well done Kirklees for being dumbest council again."

Mary Majella said: "I am very careful about what I put in my green bin but I live on a main road and can't stop passers-by using my bins for their rubbish as it is near a number of takeaways."

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The move means 45 to 85 additional tonnes of waste are recycled each week, said the council

Karl Battersby, of Kirklees Council, said: "I can understand why people might be annoyed and frustrated but really it's not our intention to put people off recycling, quite the opposite."

The scheme has cost Kirklees Council £80,000, but the authority said it could eventually save £440,000 by boosting recycling rates.